Laurel Morales
Senior Field CorrespondentSenior Field Correspondent Laurel Morales (Flagstaff) has been a public radio reporter for 10 years; eight of them in Arizona. She has won several awards for her work, including national recognition from Public Radio News Director Inc. (PRNDI) for the only commentary she’s ever written. She prefers to highlight compelling voices other than her own and has covered blizzards, wildfires, floods and tornadoes. Morales came to northern Arizona from rural Minnesota where she worked as a reporter after receiving her master’s degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
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The House approved the Senate version of the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization on Thursday with added protections for American Indian, undocumented and LGBT communities. The Republican version was rejected. -
House members debated the Violence Against Women Act on Tuesday. The dispute remains over whether the House version should include added protections for American Indian and LGBT communities.
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National park visitors brought in $30 billion to parks and their nearby hotels and restaurants in 2011, according to a peer reviewed report released Monday. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told reporters that number could take a hit if sequestration goes into effect. -
If Congress doesn’t agree on a budget deal by March 1, a series of broad spending cuts -- or sequestration -- will automatically go into effect. The unending stream of doomsday predictions includes deep cuts to housing, food assistance and jobs. Indian health care is one of the targets hardest hit. -
When I'm working on a story about crime or unemployment or suicide on the reservation, it's challenging to explain in four minutes or less the complex history and the systemic issues tribes have dealt with for generations. -
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told a Senate Judiciary committee Wednesday that the border is more secure now than ever before. But she said, "are we done? No."
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